raasclaat

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Etymology

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1950s. From Jamaican Creole raasclaat, from English arse + cloth. Compare English arsewipe, asswipe.

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raasclaat

  1. (Jamaica, vulgar) Used to express anger, annoyance or surprise.
    • 2004 December 16, Kwame Kewi-Armah, Fix Up, scene 2; republished as Plays: 1, London: Methuen Drama, 2009, →ISBN, page 126:
      Alice: The phrase 'O kinsmen!' makes that call specific: the poem's would-be warriors are men. What about women? He only talks about the race by imagining the aspirations of men.
      Brother Kiyi: Rasclaat!
      Alice: No, not rasclaat or however you pronounce it—the contest for humanity in the poem is fought exclusively by men.

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Noun

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raasclaat (plural raasclaats)

  1. (Jamaica, vulgar) A contemptible person.
    • 2017, “Gunfiyah”, performed by Dr. Dre:
      Set fire to my enemies / Fuck a rasclaat, those our enemies
    • 2018, Aïda Mashaka Croal, 0:02:39 from the start, in The Basement (Marvel's Luke Cage), season 2, episode 6, spoken by Luke Cage and Sheldon Shaw (Mike Colter and Kevin Mambo), ABC Studios; Netflix:
      Luke: You got five seconds to tell me why your boss invaded Harlem and what he wants with Raymond Jones.
      Sheldon: Five, four, three, two, one. Raasclaat!

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Adjective

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raasclaat (comparative more raasclaat, superlative most raasclaat)

  1. (Jamaica, vulgar) An intensifier.
    • 2005, Marlon James, John Crow's Devil, →ISBN, page 58:
      Everybody raasclaat sorry, but is not everybody have to clean up people mess.
    • 2011, Bali Rai, The Whisper, →ISBN, page 143:
      'Me an' Patrick drive to Nottingham fe go check one a we bredren an' when we return I man see nufa a dem raasclaat poster all over the place.'
    • 2016, “One Life”, in New Level Unlocked, performed by Alkaline:
      Bere lies, bere raasclaat hype

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Jamaican Creole

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Interjection

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raasclaat

  1. Alternative spelling of rassclaat.

Adjective

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raasclaat

  1. Alternative spelling of rassclaat.
    • 2002, Lloyd Withers, No Sweat (in English), →ISBN, page 33:
      “EARL: Yeh, mon. But only 'pon de raasclaat X-Files! []
      EARL: Yes, but only on the fucking X-Files! []

Noun

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raasclaat

  1. Alternative spelling of rassclaat.
    • 2013, Calvin Riley, Victor of Circumstances: Highlight the Day-to-Day Struggle that the Underprivileged Undergo to Find Love and Security.[1] (in English), →ISBN, page 166:
      “Yuh nuh 'fraid yuh get a shot in ha yuh raasclaat? []
      Aren't you afraid they'll shoot your ass? []